‘Six California Kitchens’ Review: A Hunger for Simplicity

Wall Street Journal

When Sally Schmitt founded the French Laundry restaurant in Yountville, California, with her husband, Don, in 1978, the Napa Valley was not yet a destination for foodies. Celebrity chefs were a rarity, and female chefs even scarcer. Schmitt was a proponent of the farm-to-table movement and California cuisine long before either were called that.